Male on female violence invisible in US too - Atheist Nexus2017-08-18T03:50:35Zhttp://atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/male-on-female-violence-invisible-in-us-too?groupUrl=feministatheists&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noBut Congress has been patheti…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-01-26:2182797:Comment:21521882013-01-26T08:02:43.361ZGrinning Cathttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/GrinningCat
<blockquote><p>But Congress has been pathetic. Not only did it fail to renew the Violence Against Women Act, but it has also stalled on the global version, the International Violence Against Women Act, which would name and shame foreign countries that tolerate gender violence.</p>
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<p>The failures here haven't been evenly "bipartisan".</p>
<p>Violence Against Women Act: House Republicans objected to the Senate bill's protections for victims who are LGBT people, Native Americans,…</p>
<blockquote><p>But Congress has been pathetic. Not only did it fail to renew the Violence Against Women Act, but it has also stalled on the global version, the International Violence Against Women Act, which would name and shame foreign countries that tolerate gender violence.</p>
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<p>The failures here haven't been evenly "bipartisan".</p>
<p>Violence Against Women Act: House Republicans objected to the Senate bill's protections for victims who are LGBT people, Native Americans, and immigrants.</p>
<p>International Violence Against Women Act: the House bill died in the Republican-dominated House Committee on Foreign Affairs.</p> Horrible. If it were violence…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-01-26:2182797:Comment:21520812013-01-26T07:40:59.878ZGrinning Cathttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/GrinningCat
<p>Horrible. If it were violence against, say, Catholics or atheists, our society would take more notice.</p>
<p>Rebecca Solnit said it well in the Alternet article:</p>
<blockquote><p>We have far more than 87,000 rapes in this country every year, but <strong>each of them is invariably portrayed as an isolated incident.</strong> We have dots so close they’re splatters melting into a stain, but hardly anyone connects them, or names that stain. In India they did. They said that this is a civil…</p>
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<p>Horrible. If it were violence against, say, Catholics or atheists, our society would take more notice.</p>
<p>Rebecca Solnit said it well in the Alternet article:</p>
<blockquote><p>We have far more than 87,000 rapes in this country every year, but <strong>each of them is invariably portrayed as an isolated incident.</strong> We have dots so close they’re splatters melting into a stain, but hardly anyone connects them, or names that stain. In India they did. They said that this is a civil rights issue, <strong>it’s a human rights issue</strong>, it’s <strong>everyone’s problem</strong>, it’s not isolated, and it’s never going to be acceptable again. It has to change. It’s your job to change it, and mine, and ours.</p>
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